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(Eagle News) — Authorities have only one building to clear of terrorists in Marawi. This is according to Col. Romeo Brawner, deputy commander of Joint Task Force Ranao, who spoke in a press conference on Sunday. Earlier, authorities said around 30 terrorists remained holed up in the war-torn city, after the deaths of their leaders Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon. According to Brawner, the children of Hapilon are still believed to be in the war-torn […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday unveiled planned terrorist attacks in several cities in Mindanao, as the crisis in Marawi was drawing to a close. “I’m warning you, the soldiers of the republic, what if they strike at five places at the same time? Zamboanga, maybe Basilan, Isabela — that is what’s coming into my office — and another major city,” he said during groundbreaking ceremonies of Scout Ranger Ville in San Miguel, […]
by Charlotte Van Ouwerkerk and Sophie Mignon Agence France-Presse ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AFP) – Dutch police Thursday released a van driver arrested over a suspected terror attack plot on a Rotterdam concert venue but stepped up inquiries based on a “concrete” tip-off from Spain. “The man was freed earlier this evening and is no longer a suspect in the investigation,” Rotterdam police said in a statement. It remained unclear whether the tip-off by Spanish officials to […]
by Alice Ritchie Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom — Three assailants smashed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before attacking revellers in a popular nightlife hub with knives, leaving seven dead in the third deadly terror attack in Britain since March. Britain’s main political parties temporarily suspended campaigning for Thursday’s general election and Prime Minister Theresa May held an emergency meeting following the rampage on Saturday evening. “It has now been confirmed sadly […]
by Dario THUBURN Agence France-Presse LONDON United Kingdom – A van ploughed into pedestrians and several people were stabbed in central London Saturday, police and witnesses said, leaving “multiple” casualties in what police called a “terrorist” attack days before a general election. Armed police opened fire during at least two “terrorist incidents” at London Bridge and Borough Market, in the heart of the capital’s business district. Witnesses described a van speeding into pedestrians on London Bridge […]
by Adam Plowright, Katell Prigent and Joshua Melvin Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A known terror suspect shot dead a French policeman and wounded two others Thursday on Paris’s Champs Elysees in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group days before a presidential election. Observers had long feared bloodshed ahead of Sunday’s vote in France following a string of atrocities since 2015 and the violence is likely to thrust security to the front of voters’ […]
by Stuart Williams with Raziye Akkok in Ankara Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish police launched a massive manhunt Sunday for a gunman who killed 39 people, including several foreigners, in a rampage at an upmarket nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating New Year. After the latest in a string of deadly attacks to hit the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the carnage sought to sow chaos, but vowed Turkey […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Seven military bodyguards of President Rodrigo Duterte and two other soldiers were wounded Tuesday in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants on the eve of his planned visit to the southern Philippines, the military and president said. Military spokesmen said a bomb hit the soldiers’ convoy as it drove on a road in a southern region where an armed group which had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group operated, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Malacañang ang kaligtasan ng publiko kaugnay ng posibleng pag-atake ng mga terroristang grupo sa Metro Manila at iba pang lugar sa bansa. Sinabi ni Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, kontrolado ng pamahalaan ang seguridad sa buong kapuluan matapos matuklasan ang improvised explosive device Sa Roxas Boulevard malapit sa US Embassy sa lungsod ng Maynila. Ayon kay andanar hindi dapat maalarma ang publiko dahil nakatutok ang security agencies ng […]
A non-invasive scanner that uses ultraviolet laser to spot small amounts of explosives could prevent terror attacks at transport hubs and stadia, says its British inventor. Jim Drury reports.
At least 17 people were killed when Islamist gunmen struck a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu late on Thursday (January 21), Somali police said. Al Shabaab, a militant group aligned with al Qaeda, said its members set off two car bombs at the Beach View Cafe on Mogadishu’s popular Lido beach, engaging in a gun battle for hours with government troops trying to flush them out. “The attackers started shooting from […]
(Reuters) Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday following an Islamic militant gun attack on a Sousse beach hotel, where 38 foreign tourists, mostly Britons, were killed, TAP news agency said, citing the president’s office. A state of emergency temporarily gives the government more flexibility and the army and police more authority, and restricts the right of public assembly. Tunisia last had a state of emergency during the 2011 uprising […]
